- The huge ~$18B portfolio has just 20 positions.
- The largest stake, Berkshire Hathaway is at a whopping ~40% of the portfolio.
- This quarter saw a ~11% trimming in the Berkshire Hathaway stake.
Gates Foundation portfolio value increased ~3% this quarter
from ~$17.35B to ~$17.86B this quarter. Over the years, the portfolio has
become extremely concentrated. In their first 13F filing in 2002, they had about
27 positions and the total portfolio value was ~$1.8B. Currently, the portfolio
is around ten times that while the number of positions has gone down to just
20.
To know more about Gates and the Foundation, check-out the
book Bill Gates: The Inspirational Life Story of Bill Gates;
Businessman, Inventor, and the World's Most Remarkable Philanthropist.
The spreadsheet below shows Gates Foundation’s holdings as
of Q2 2020. Please visit our previous
updates to get an idea on how the portfolio has progressed:
To learn more about how to profit from a strategy of cloning
hedge fund picks, check out our book Profiting from Hedge Funds: Winning Strategies for the Little
Guy.
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